Chapter 378: I don't know music but I know rhythm
The Mavericks players were standing stupidly in the tunnel when the Knicks held the ring ceremony, very embarrassed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
They weren't going to play so early, but the Knicks' home stadium staff were so bad they deliberately set the tables in the visiting locker room ten minutes faster beforehand, and then fooled the Dallasians before the game that the rings had been handed out and the game was about to start.
The people of Dallas are not stupid, and in the end it took another five minutes to come out, but they still underestimated the hatefulness of the New Yorkers, and a group of people could only hold back their anger in the end, standing in the players' tunnel and watching the Knicks players on the court receive the championship ring that they still have a deep grudge about, and many people are still shouting in their hearts: Just one step away!
New York fans looked at the new players on their team and secretly said that they can finally send their strongest starting lineup today, the starting lineup of the Knicks today: Wu Huang, Iguodala, Sean Battier, David West, Pau Gasol.
If this lineup is collectively two years younger in the third, fourth and fifth positions, it is really a strong and invincible set of starters!
Looking at the star-studded starters of their own team, New York fans suddenly forgot a lot about Xiao Si in their hearts, even if they are a little older except for Wu Huang and Brother Yi, these people are a little older, but the NBA has never had a perfect team, this is already a lineup that the other twenty-nine teams are very envious and jealous of, and it is better to send the championship directly to the Knicks if they are younger.
Just like the starting lineup of the Mavericks at the moment, it looks much dimmer than the Knicks: Kidd, Carter, Marion, Nowitzki, Chandler.
New York fans quickly laughed, the Dallas lineup is really old, Kidd is 39 years old, Carter is also 35 years old, these two golden partners in the Nets period are now on the verge of retirement, the youngest of the five starters is actually Chandler, who is about to be 30 years old, such a lineup is too hot.
The Mavericks' pension lineup is obviously no longer capable of competing for the championship, and the entire league is still qualified to challenge for the championship.
The Knicks, Bulls, and Heat in the East will still be the top three in the division, and the Celtics, Hawks, and Magic may be spoilers, but it will be extremely difficult to beat these three teams and replace them.
The Lakers, Thunder, and Spurs in the West are still the top three contenders in the division, while the Clippers and Grizzlies, despite their strength, are not good enough for the former center position and bench lineup, and the latter is without a superstar.
"The new season has begun, the Knicks' title defense journey has officially begun, and our dynasty will be built from this game!" Wu Huang and the Mavericks players briefly touched their palms before the game, and then returned to their own half with a disgusted face, and then the Knicks players formed a circle, and Wu Huang set the team's ultimate goal for the season.
Gasol shouted along with his new teammates, the Knicks' locker room is similar to the Lakers in some ways, both of which are strictly speaking, the first words of the stars, but the difference is that Wu Huang is obviously more decent in terms of dealing with people, compared to the immature actions and remarks that often make teammates dare not speak out, Wu Huang seems at least much more approachable on the surface.
Batyr and Gasol have felt this way for both weeks, Wu Huang is the kind of person who is moody, he doesn't make you think he is unreasonable, and he doesn't easily yell at his teammates because they don't perform well, he is the kind of person who makes you more scared if you don't say anything. And Wu Huang has the advantage of being hot on the outside and cold on the inside, when you think he is easy to get along with and want to further deepen the friendship, you will find that it is much more difficult than being friends with other stars.
On the surface, Emperor Wu is enthusiastic and humorous, but he is very cunning towards his enemies, and it seems that he should be very easy to get along with, but in fact, deep down he has a sense of superiority, and some hypocrisy and ruthlessness, it is difficult for you to really be friends with him, and maybe he doesn't need friends.
But Wu Huang's maturity in dealing with people can make his teammates appear more dignified on the surface, although it is more difficult for him to become friends than Kobe, but he can make his teammates feel much less pressure, which also makes Gasol feel relaxed in the Knicks, he likes to play in such a relatively relaxed environment, and the pressure to play with Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles is much greater than here, because Wu Huang likes his teammates to solve problems by themselves, and those players who can solve problems by themselves will naturally feel relaxed and comfortable.
After the start of the game, there was no suspense on the opening jump ball, and Xiao Si couldn't compete with Chandler, let alone Gasol.
The Spaniard is indeed softer now than two years ago, Wu Huang feels in training that he can even give people a pseudo-girl's atmosphere when running, but his sister-in-law's sense of rhythm is better, maybe he just likes this artistic way of playing, it looks soft and pushes down, but people never disappear when they should appear in their own position. Once Gasol receives the basketball in the restricted area, his finishing ability is also stronger than Xiaosi, and the real 213cm height and a pair of long arms are combined with a soft touch, and it is really difficult to defend without fouls.
In his first official defense at his new club today, Gasol also wanted to show his tough side to please his new teammates and fans. In fact, when my sister-in-law was really hard, she also had two blows, and even Yao Ming's back hit was not so easy to push in. However, Gasol's defense is more systematic, he can withstand the opponent's first two shocks, but the follow-up staying power is not enough. So in the face of players who are good at back play and low post offense, he often needs the assistance of outside teammates, but the Lakers' outside line can no longer do this after Kobe Bryant is also old.
The Knicks don't have that system, but the players' individual defense is enough to do the job, and none of their three players on the perimeter are not good at helping defense, and even the bench is mostly good enough for the job. My sister-in-law has already felt what happiness is in the training match - when you can't bear it, your teammates come in time to help you cover the opponent and relieve you, this is happiness!
Nowitzki naturally felt the opposite of extreme unhappiness, he had obviously squeezed Gasol, but Battier's help defense was also in place, and the German, who had already known that this guy was powerful, did not dare to force the turn again, and the eighty percent would be slapped off by Battier, so he could only force the ball, and finally the Mavericks passed and almost were completed by the Knicks for a 24-second defense.
As soon as the Knicks came up today, David West was not tall enough, and Novitzki had a natural disadvantage in defense, but Chandler, who could only dunk in defense, was not a problem. Although West belongs to the short and stout inner line, his arm span is not short at all, and the official 206cm West has an arm span of 221cm, so counting the bonus of his long arms, West's air defense ability is no worse than Xiao Si.
Some experienced NBA fans may find that most of the players who have been in their prime for a long time have long arms, because these players with prominent arms do not need to jump very high to complete scoring and defensive tasks, and they can create scoring space without jumping around, which actually indirectly reduces knee wear and tear, and the professional life is naturally much longer than that of Griffin's small and short hands.
Wu Huang has always been a player who cherishes his body very much, but his first offense in the new season kicked off the Knicks' title defense journey with a dragon dunk after a long-distance run!
The New York fans were excited from the start, and when West protected the rebound and handed it to Queen Wu, who had already rushed to the midfield, the Holy Master got rid of the aging Carter as soon as he received the ball, and Kidd didn't follow up from the start.
After Wu Huang passed Carter in one step, Nowitzki and Chandler were only parallel to him, and then the fans saw that the Holy Sect Master surpassed the two big men in another big stride, and it took only two seconds to kill the Mavericks from their own half to the Mavericks' restricted area, and a thunderous tomahawk-style dunk directly reduced the morale of the Mavericks by 50%.
"Enjoyable!" Wu Huang, who will turn 22 in a few days, couldn't help but roar, and his murderous aura was released at the beginning of the game, and this shutdown suffocated him.
Wu Huang finally knew at this moment why those superstars couldn't help but soar in the sky when they were young, all kinds of violent deductions were like not asking for money, and even Duncan, the best sullen man, couldn't help but fly a few times per game. The reason is actually very simple, because the energy contained in their bodies is so amazing, if they don't release it in the game, they will really suffocate.
After strengthening his strength again this summer, Wu Huang found that even if he was lazy in training now, he could maintain an energetic state, and this endless energy was also the reason why he still had the heart to hook up with Agali, and playing four laps a night seemed to be no longer a very reluctant thing for his current state.
NBA players at this age are as energetic as the midday sun, and a guy like him, who is already amazingly talented, after two years of high-intensity training, this kind of outburst is naturally even more amazing.
O'Neal had a ghostly expression on his face at the moment, and shouted loudly: "The last player to be so fast was Wade, I saw with my own eyes how he got the title of "The Flash" back then, and now Hugo has also shown this speed, and our Holy Sect Master is even more unstoppable. ”
Buck said in a gloomy voice, "So do you regret retiring, it seems that he is faster with you on the court." ”
Mavericks fans can tell from this ball that they are not playing today, this Dallas team is too flawed, they are the oldest team in the league to start this season, they are seriously lacking in athleticism and energy, this old lineup is too old even against the Spurs, and they are even more old when they play other teams.
The Knicks made the Mavericks understand in the first quarter the fact that they must seek a trade, especially Kidd, who can no longer be used this year, Wu Huang feels that the team does not need to send him up at all, and his small man bench can casually blow up the 39-year-old old monster, and Kidd has no ability to play in the NBA this season.
Wu Huang played 8 minutes in the first quarter, with a score of 7 shots and 6 hits, and easily brushed out a data table of 16 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.
It stands to reason that it's only been a summer, and Kidd won't be so unbearable. But Emperor Wu was too experienced in the face of the old monster, and after a summer, he was stronger, and the old monster was a little older, which caused such a big contrast. If Kidd is facing Wei Shao today, maybe it's another scenario, provided that the latter doesn't make any IQ progress.
Gasol's play in the first quarter was futile, and New York fans couldn't see that he was very good for the time being, but they couldn't see that his performance was too bad, because Wu Huang played too well in the first quarter, and the focus of the whole court was on him, so the mustache replaced Gasol in advance, ready to let the Spaniard lead the team in the second quarter rotation period, and then you can see his true level.
The Knicks fielded a semi-main lineup in the second quarter: Isiah Thomas, Tony Allen, Gallinari, Gasol, Monroe. This lineup is actually not bad, enough to compete with the main lineup of many fish belly teams.
Gasol will be the offensive core of the team in the rotation, but Monroe seems to overlap with Gasol in this lineup, and the Knicks have been cultivating Monroe's high post and mid-range shooting, if he plays with Gasol, he may have to go to the low post frequently to wait for opportunities, but he doesn't have much threat here, and he can't attract much defense.
But the real problem is on the outside, Gallinari is not used to handing over the ball in the rotation, so the sister-in-law is embarrassed, if he, the core of the attack, can't even catch the ball, then how can he play his tactical role?
This can't be helped, Gallinari and Thomas are both very sticky assault players, these two guys naturally forget about their sister-in-law when they are happy, and as a result, fans can only see a guy who runs like a girl on the field during this time, and after a while, he starts to gasp.
Gasol said that this kind of flying rhythm is not what he is good at, and he is training for switchback running in a meaningless way.
Wu Huang also saw Gasol's embarrassment, it was bad enough to run back and forth and not touch the ball, and if his teammates could still score, it seemed that he was even more useless.
Thomas and Gallinari fully show what it means to bombard, these two are really suitable players for the mustache system, the two who are crazy don't care about the position of their teammates at all, and the rhythm of the Knicks is basically Thomas playing one, and then Gallinari playing another, an infinite loop.
The two guys cooperate very tacitly, and directly take up eighty percent of the ball in the rotation period, and their offense is most similar - they must advance to the front court every three seconds, start to attack in five seconds, and shoot the basketball in eight seconds, this is the Knicks' style of play in the bench period.
This kind of violent and direct offense is still very effective against the Mavericks, Odom and Haywood are very bad this season, especially Odom has completely lost the best sixth man style when he was with the Lakers, neither rushing in nor shooting, and often making mistakes, the all-round lama has completely disappeared in one season, but the problem of slipping away on the defensive end is much more serious.
In just five minutes of the second quarter, fans watched Odom stand stupidly several times and watch Thomas and Gallinari break through his direction and score the ball, and at this time, he at most stretched out his arms and legs, almost like walking on the court, and those who don't know may think that this is an undercover agent sent by the Lakers.
Gasol's only performance during this period was on Odom. He struggled to get the basketball in the low post, and he took a nimble turn to get past his old teammate Odom, and then used a position that looked very laborious to put the ball into the basket, and the whole process was still soft and slippery.
Wu Huang could only chuckle at this, Gasol played Odom like this, although it still looked weak, but as long as he was given the ball, the Spaniard could succeed at least seven or eight times out of ten times.
Gasol has always played like this, it seems to be very soft, but it is not easy for you to really make him lose his center of gravity, and it is easy to foul when touched, which is quite a bit of Tai Chi in it. People can be famous in the NBA for so many years, and as soon as they go to the Lakers, they help Kobe Bryant win two consecutive championships, will it really be so soft?
But the problem is that players like Gasol are too easy to overlook, Thomas and Gallinari must have thought that the team was able to extend the lead at the moment because of them, but they didn't see that Gasol was still helping them pull the defense as much as possible, even in this neglected situation, the Spaniard was still running according to the offensive line of the two, and the help defense on the defensive end also made the Mavericks' offense very uncomfortable.
Gasol's height and long arms have a great impact on the Mavericks' breakthrough, although he looks soft, and there are not many blocks, but many things are not directly reflected in the data, Wu Huang believes that Gasol's assistance defense is at least a grade stronger than Xiao Si, and his single defense is far better than imagined, at least a level stronger than Xiao Si.
But in the end, the Knicks' two interior lines didn't perform much in the first half, and Wu Huang deliberately didn't pass more balls to the two after he came on the court, and he still kept showing his increased impact during a summer and two months of suspension, and this was intentional.
Wu Huang's idea is also very simple, he must let these two new teammates be looked down upon by the fans and the media first, and then he will feed the ball, so that not only can the fans feel that the Holy Sect Master is selfless, but also make these two people more grateful to him.
It is worth mentioning that most of Wu Huang's offense today is layups and close-range throws after breaking, and the long-range shooting that he was best at in the first two seasons was much less. His style of play is already very close to Ross and Wei Shao, the difference is that Wu Huang's breakthrough is more dexterous, his throwing and layups are more accurate, and his ability to read the opponent's defense line is also more prominent, and it can be seen that the breakthrough route he chooses can obviously make his breakthrough easier, and it is not easy to break into the opponent's trap.
In the first half, Wu Huang scored a team-high 25 points, along with two rebounds and two assists, Gallinari scored eight points, Gasol had five points and four rebounds, West had four points and four rebounds, Thomas had five points, Iguodala had five points, and Battier had three points.
The Knicks led the Mavericks by 15 points at halftime 60:45, which is still similar to last season's Finals, but this time the Knicks were able to lead their opponents by a large margin without much effort, and they should at least be cautious last season. At the same time, this year's Wu Huang did not tell everyone to be careful at all, if the Knicks hadn't had too many meaningless throws in the first half, the suspense of this game would have been lost long ago.
Wu Huang noticed at halftime that Gasol and West were a little unhappy, and the interior players are like this, and it would be embarrassing if there was no outside to feed the ball. But they didn't dare to say anything, Wu Huang was in such good shape, he should have done it even if he didn't pass the ball, and it was the same with Kobe, the outside star has always been so strong. It's too difficult to find a point guard like Kidd, Nash, and Paul who are willing to pass the ball this year, and they are basically offensive point guards like Wu Huang, Rose, and Westbrook, and there is one more Irving this year, in short, the life of interior players is getting more and more difficult.
Wu Huang said that he has a girl who is engaged in music, which makes him not understand music, but he is very good at rhythm, and he helped the fans bring a wave of rhythm in the second half.
In the second half, Wu Huang first attacked a few times by himself, and after taking out a "I want to continue to work alone 1v5 momentum", he suddenly fed several balls to his two inside lines.
This change was too sudden, Gasol and West didn't react, and they didn't take many offensive opportunities for the whole game, which would make their state very average, so the offensive efficiency after receiving the basketball was also average, but the Mavericks chased back a little point, which made D'Antoni call a timeout.
"That's what I'm going to do." Wu Huang smiled secretly in his heart, he knew that the barrage on his website at the moment must be complaining about the two star insiders of their team.
This is also a common problem for many fans, especially Wu Huang's followers will only frantically defend him, even if he shoots 1 out of 10, they will find all kinds of excuses for him. But for others, these cultists are not so tolerant, so Gasol is now a "girl" again, and West is "overrated" instead of "undervalued" before. In addition, there are a large number of barrages shouting for "Space Easy" flying around, these are naturally domestic fans, and they are very dissatisfied with the fact that Space Easy was not sent to the field today.
This can't be helped, now that this Knicks don't have injuries on the inside, Space Yi really doesn't have a chance to play.
First of all, D'Antoni doesn't trust him, and secondly, so do Knicks players, so Space Yi has to be patient and wait for opportunities, as long as he can consistently perform well in training, and with Wu Huang's relationship, it is impossible for him not to get a chance to play.
But it is precisely because of the relationship of Emperor Wu that if he does not perform well in the game, then many people should use this to make a big fuss. Therefore, Wu Huang will not use his influence to help Space Yi increase his playing time, but it will hurt him, and even Wu Huang will be infamous as nepotism.
At the end of the third quarter, Wu Huang picked up his three-point killer again on the offensive end and completed the fatal blow to the Mavericks!
In the first half, Wu Huang only shot two three-pointers, and the result was all off.
But in the second half, Wu Huang regained his touch, and with 4:15 left in the third quarter, he got two consecutive shots from the outside. And this time, the Holy Sect Master did not miss again, hitting both three-pointers, leading the team to play a 10:2 attack wave, widening the difference to 21 points in one fell swoop, and directly taking away the Dallas Mavericks in a wave.
After the Mavericks asked for a timeout, Wu Huang deliberately stepped forward and slapped Gasol and West, and the two three-pointers were their passes.
The Knicks finally played some of the abilities that this lineup should have at the end of the third quarter, and both of them were interior players with strong interior playability, but they didn't show it in the first half, and it wasn't until then that they showed some of it.
Wu Huang's two runs without the ball were almost human-to-ball, and Xiao Si couldn't pass this kind of ball at all last season, but for West, especially Gasol, this is a common thing. (To be continued.) )